Kia Forte Koup Aiming To Take Down Honda's Civic

With performance-inspired, aggressive and sleek styling, the all-new 2010 Forte Koup joins the Kia Motors America (KMA) lineup later this summer as the company’s first-ever two-door coupe. Following the recently launched Forte compact sedan, Forte Koup embodies the brand’s design-led evolution and raises the comfort, convenience, performance and standard safety feature expectations in the segment

“As the dramatic two-door sibling of our flagship model, and the first coupe in company history, Forte Koup is further evidence of Kia’s style transformation and our continued commitment to offering consumers sophisticated, good looking, and fun-to-drive vehicles,” said Michael Sprague, vice president, marketing, KMA. “The addition of the performance-inspired Koup to our lineup gives Kia Motors the ability to offer our design, value and safety story to an entirely new consumer base of automotive enthusiasts.”
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Agent00R - 7/9/2009 11:15:25 AM

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Pretty close, huh?

Joe_Limon - 7/9/2009 11:51:24 AM

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It's a civic with an evo grill

SteedPub - 7/9/2009 1:29:25 PM

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I see enough differences that I think that would be hard

theoptimisticpessimist - 7/9/2009 12:47:19 PM

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Wait isn't that a picture of the new Lexus HS 250.

Lemonade - 7/9/2009 1:05:16 PM

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Classical Hyundai/Kia approach... Rip off other company's designs, add a few more amenities and call it 'Value'.. Yet they fail to slay the competition every time.

Kill the Civic?...<<<<<LMAO!

SteedPub - 7/9/2009 1:28:38 PM

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Kia gets snaps for styling I have to admit

xcboi02 - 7/9/2009 1:54:18 PM

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Heh first paragraph is bleh! It's Aggressive sleek it may be, but it's copy cat design! Brand's design-led evolution .... yes other company's brand's design evolution ..... Not impressed. Glad their products are getting more reliable, but ... once they stop copying designs or do what others do, take inspiration from other companies but make it their own ... then I may take them more seriously.

0to60 - 7/9/2009 3:14:06 PM

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If I had to choose from a Civic from Honda and a Civic from Kia, I think I will pay the few extra to have the one from Honda.

thstone - 7/9/2009 7:36:37 PM

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Every auto maker in the world has been gunning for the Civic for 20 years and not beat it yet. I doubt that the Forte will be any different this time around. NEXT!